Energy and Environment

VW official says emissions cheating started in 2005

By Kyle Feldscher
Published December 10, 2015 8:23pm ET
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VW official says emissions cheating started in 2005
Hans Dieter Poetsch, chairman of the board of directors of Volkswagen, told reporters Thursday that the company's investigation has revealed that engineers couldn't find a way to get "clean diesel" vehicles past U.S. emissions tests. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) | Michael Sohn

The Volkswagen engineers who installed “defeat devices” in vehicles to cheat emissions tests started their scheme in 2005 because they couldn’t figure out how to pass U.S. tests, a company official said Thursday.

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